Fairmount Rowing Association

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Fairmount Rowing Association is an amateur rowing club, founded in 1877. The facility, located at #2 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is on the National Register of Historic Places.[1] Fairmount originally catered to blue-collar youths living in the Fairmount neighborhood.[2] In 1916, after decades of being rejected, the club was finally allowed to join the Schuylkill Navy.[2] The Club boasts being known as the "premiere club for Masters rowing in the mid-Atlantic region"[2] and has produced several world class rowers.[3][4][5]

History of the boathouse

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The two-story 1860 gothic structure at #3 on the left is now part of the 1904 three-story Georgian Revival structure on the right that replaced Pacific Barge Club's old #2.

The structure currently known as #2 Boathouse Row is a result of a 1945 expansion project that eliminated #3 Boathouse Row by merging it into Fairmount Rowing Association's building at #2 Boathouse Row.[2]

Pacific Barge Club

Pacific Barge Club was founded in 1859, but was not a member of the Schuylkill Navy.[6] In 1860, Pacific Barge Club built a stone cottage-style boathouse at the site of #2 Boathouse row.[6] Half of the building was occupied by the Pacific Barge Club while the other half was rented to the Philadelphia Boat Club.[6] In 1881, the Fairmount Rowing Association purchased #2 Boathouse Row and Pacific Barge Club's equipment.[2]

In 1904, Fairmount Rowing demolished the stone building built by Pacific Barge Club. Walter Smedley, a founder of the T-Square Club, designed the Georgian Revival style Flemish bond brick structure that replaced the 1860 stone boathouse and now occupies the southern half of the Fairmount Rowing's boathouse.[2] Smedley, specialized in colonial revival residences, and also designed the Northern National Bank and the West Philadelphia Title and Trust Company.[7]

Camilla Boat Club and Quaker City Barge Club

Camilla Boat Club was a founding member of the Schuylkill Navy.[8] Camilla was a champion of the Schuylkill, but the Club disband as a result of disagreements between members.[9] In 1858, the remnants of the defunct Camilla Boat Club reorganized to form Quaker City Barge Club.[10]

By 1866, Quaker City Barge Club had purchased #3 Boathouse Row from the Pacific Barge Club.[11] Among various rowing accomplishment, Quaker City raced the first four oared boat with coxswain.[12] The Quaker City Barge Club began to decline in the 1880s and never raced in the Schuylkill Navy Regatta after 1926.[2] In 1932, the Quaker City Barge Club declared itself “inactive” in the Schuylkill Navy and became completely defunct in the 1940s.[2] In 1945, under the leadership of John Carlin, Fairmount Rowing Association bought Quaker City Barge Club's equipment and absorbed its boathouse, which now serves as the northern half of Fairmount Rowing's boathouse.[2]

References

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  1. ↑ NPS Focus, National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, US Department of the Interior Script error: No such module "webarchive". designating buildings 1-15 E. River Dr. (Boathouse Row) as Historic places. Search "Boat House Row" in the Resource Name box.
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  3. ↑ Teresa Z. Bell won an Olympic medal in the Lightweight Women’s Double. See Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Bell was rowing out of Fairmount. See Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ James Castellan competed in the 1976 olympics. See Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Castellan is a Fairmount rower. See Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. ↑ *Stan Cwiklinski, 1964 US Olympic gold medalist in the Men's Eight, rowed with Fairmount until joining Vesper Boat Club in 1963. See Stan Cwiklinski sports-reference.com Script error: No such module "webarchive".
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External links

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